Category Archives: New England Yearly Meeting

My Experience at Yearly Meeting Summer Sessions, 2018

Posted on December 4, 2018 by dougb

By Sarah Sprogell For those who are not familiar with Summer Sessions, it is a time of year that Friends from across New England gather to attend to business, learn from each other in workshops, share meals, art, music and … Continue reading →

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Talking Points from New England Yearly Meeting Sessions 2018

Posted on November 9, 2018 by dougb

Please share the news and joy from NEYM Sessions 2018 with Friends at home. Consider posting these talking points and making a report to your local meeting for business. The theme for this year’s Annual Sessions was In Fear and … Continue reading →

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2018 Epistle of New England Yearly Meeting

Posted on October 26, 2018 by dougb

Sep 21, 2018 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for … Continue reading →

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NEYM Living Faith Gathering, April 14 in Portland

Posted on April 3, 2018 by dougb

New England Yearly Meeting (NEYM) will hold a Living Faith Gathering in Portland (ME) on April 14.  This all-day event will be held at Cheverus High School in Portland Maine.  Both Wendy Schlotterbeck and Doug Bennett from Durham Friends will be leading … Continue reading →

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Advices 4, 5 & 6 from New England Yearly Meeting

Posted on February 11, 2018 by dougb

Quakers are generally wary of creeds or other statements of faith in which members are expected to believe.  Instead, Quakers use Advices and Queries.  Here are the second three Advices from the 2014 (Interim) edition of New England Yearly Meeting Faith … Continue reading →

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Advices 1, 2 & 3 from New England Yearly Meeting

Posted on January 11, 2018 by dougb

Quakers are generally wary of creeds or other statements of faith in which members are expected to believe.  Instead, Quakers use Advices and Queries.  Here are the first three Advices from the 2014 (Interim) edition of New England Yearly Meeting … Continue reading →

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Living Faith Gathering – April 14, 2018

Posted on January 6, 2018 by dougb

New England Year Meeting will hold its next Living Faith gathering on Saturday, April 14, 2018 in Portland, Maine—and you are invited! Living Faith is an initiative of New England Yearly Meeting of Friends (NEYM) bringing together Quakers from across our region to nourish … Continue reading →

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